ICC Note: While so much energy has been put forth in America over the past several decades to remove any Christian influence from government, a reversed but highly threatening trend is ongoing in Malaysia: the call for Sharia law. Whereas the American Constitution finds Biblical foundation its in provisions for equal rights under the law for all, regardless of religious affiliation, Sharia law in part promotes twisted, cruel punishments for breaches of the law, as well as general malevolence towards all non-Muslims. The evangelicals in North Borneo have a battle for justice and religious freedom before them that the rest of the worldwide church must support. 

8/1/2016 Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia (AsiaNews.it) – Kota Kinabalu (AsiaNews) – We will defend our borders “from any attempt made by anyone to approve sharia law in this state”, says Reverend Jerry Dusing, leader of the Evangelical Church of Borneo (Sidang Injil Borneo, Bb) commenting on the desire of some political parties to impose Islamic rules to the entire population of Sabah (North Borneo).

According to figures updated in 2010, Christians in Sabah are 853.726 (26.6% of the population). Muslims are 65.4% of the total.

The evangelical leaders called the proposal incompatible with the Malaysian Agreement [note that in 1963, North Borneo and Sarawak joined the Federation of Malaya, to form Malaysia ed]. It defines Malaysia as a secular federation: “This – continued Dunsing – was assured to all the inhabitants of Sabah and internationally recognized by Great Britain and Singapore, which approved the Constitution”.

Moreover, he added, “Sharia will not work in Sabah, which is pluralist in nature. We will guard our shores from injustice, unfairness and extremism.”